Fuerzas
Armadas de Cuba En El Exilio (FACE)
Armed Forces of Cuba
in Exile
[REF:
Cuban Counter Revolutionary Handbook 10 October 1962 by
the CIA.
FBI HQ file
number 109-584-3387; NARA RIF Number
124-10279-10032]
[NOTE: The copies were very hard to transcribe
because of
poor photo reproduction. At points where the words were
unreadable,
three dots
(...) were inserted to indicate a missing word or words.
Words in
brackets are not contained in the original. FURTHER
NOTE: Please
consider the date,
10 Oct. 1962, when evaluating the organizations.]
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COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
HANDBOOK
PART II: SECONDARY
ORGANIZATIONS
I. IDENTIFYING
DATA:
Common Title: F. A. C. E.
Title: Fuerzas Armadas de Cuba En El
Exilio
Armed Forces of Cuba in Exile
Political: Military orientation with possible Batista
flavor. Anti-Communist; favor the Cuban Constitution
of 1940;
publicly deny alignment with any exile group or leader, but
at disposal
of any government approved by the Cuban people and
recognized by the
American democracies. Includes military officers of
Batista
regime, who though not loyal to Batista, might support
another rightist
regime.
Leading Personalities: Dr. Ruben de LEON Garcia,
Coordinator,
former Defense Minister under PRIO, worked in underground
against both
Batista and Castro; General Martin DIAZ Tamayo, Mil. Coord.;
Maj. Jorge
GUTIERREZ, delegate in Washington, D. C.; Gen. Jorge GARCIA
Tunon;
Col.. Daniel G. MARTINEZ Mora; Col. Jose D. FERRER
Guerra; Cdte.
Juan M. BATISTA Tamayo; Cdte. Jose M. CASTILLO H.; Cdte.
Tulio FIGAROLA
Infante; Cdo. Nicolas CARTAYA Gomez; Cdo Joaquin Varela
Canosa; Capt.
Luis MORALES Patino; Sgt. Jose R. PEREZ, representative in
Tampa.
II. HISTORY
April 1962 sought aid in Washington for sabotage
plans. May 1962
offered support "Commando 100 (ICCC) if latter would
join FACE;
July 1962,Gen. DIAZ Tamayo alleged to have stated the
U. S.
Government would entrust FACE with maintaining public order
if a
liberated Cuba; A. L. C. claims ACE is a "related"
organization, but as
of July 1962 no formal affiliation had taken place; April
1962 DIAZ
Tamayo and Garcia Tunon attended meeting to discuss
formation of
GARCERAN government in exile.
II. CURRENT STATUS
Claim plans for sabotage commando operations; claim to have
delegates
in Latin American countries; DE LEON claims …contacts to
which he
reported in August 1962 when he was contacted by Col...
concerning
plans for the formation of Cuban Military forces in Latin
America…
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